1. WWI – Revolution and progress of war

2. Agenda World War I Review Wednesday TEST FRIDAY!
Things to Get:
Handouts from the front
Things to Do:
Opener Review
Lecture Notes - Russia
Video Application
Article Analysis
Exit Slip
I can…
understand the political, physical, and financial costs of World War I.
analyze the causes for revolution in Russia as a result of World War I.

3. Opener:
Objective: To review and expand your understandings of content covered in previous lessons.
Procedures:
Watch the following video:
Answer the questions on your Learning Guide.
Time Allotted: 7 minutes

4. Widening of the War
Ottoman Empire comes into the war on Germany’s side
Russia, Great Britain, and France declare war on Ottoman Empire
Italy switched sides after a promise by the Allies to gain part of Austrian lands (Triple Entente becomes Allied Powers or Allies)
Imperialist power countries mobilize forces from all of their territories
Germany’s preoccupation with war in Europe (on two fronts) allows Great Britain to seize some of Germany’s territories around the world

5. What about the US?
The US tried to remain neutral but as the war dragged on it became difficult
Involvement into war grew out of naval war between Germany and Great Britain
Germany and Great Britain set up blockades of each other, preventing goods from moving
Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare to enforce the blockade
Passenger ships were sunk, Lusitania is an example

6. The US enters the war Reasons:
Unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
Sinking of the Lusitania, Americans killed
Zimmerman Note
In early 1917, British naval intelligence intercepted and decrypted a telegram sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador in Mexico City. The telegram promised the Mexican Government that Germany would help Mexico recover the territory it had ceded to the United States following the Mexican-American War. In return for this assistance, Germany asked for Mexican support in the war.

7. Application – Lusitania
Objective: to understand the impact of the sinking of the Lusitania on the decision for the US to enter the war
Procedures:
Read the provided article
Answer the questions on your Learning Guide
Time Allotted: 10 minutes

8. How did the Lusitania contribute to drawing the US into WWI?
 Sunk by a German U-boat, killed 128 U.S. civilians,
1,198 people total.
Describe the Lusitania’s route. Where was it when it sank?
Supposed to zig-zag and change course frequently
DID NOT, off the southern coast of Ireland
What mysteries were researchers able to solve?
America used it, retrospectively, as a justification joining the war, but not at the time it was sunk.

9. Video Application – Perspective of the US
Objective: to review the reasons for the entry of the US into war.
Procedures:
watch the following video:
Discuss the following questions:
What are the reasons for the US to try and stay out of the European war?
What were the lasting impacts of the US entering the war?
Time Allotted: 10 minutes

10. Meanwhile in Russia…
Russia was unprepared both militarily and technologically for the total war of World War I
Russian industry was unable to produce the weapons needed for war
Problems at home were increasing
Price of bread skyrocketed and the government started rations
The upper class owned most of the land
By 1917, Russians had lost the will to fight

11. Russian Revolutions
Russia was primed for revolution because of three key factors:
Poor leadership from Tsarist government
Underdevelopment
Lack of social reform

12. Video Application: Russian Revolution
Objective: To understand the reasons for the outbreak of revolutions in Russia
Procedures:
Watch the following video:
Answer the questions on your Learning Guide
Time Allotted: 5 minutes

14. Activity: Important Figures of the Russian Revolutions
Objective: to analysis the important figures of the Russian Revolutions
Procedures:
Using the information provided on the handout “Important Figures,” create trading cards of TWO individuals that YOU THINK had the greatest impact on the revolution.
Time Allotted: 10 minutes

17. Vladimir Lenin 
As you watch the following clip, answer the questions below.
1) What was his initial occupation?
2) Why was Lenin carefully watched and expelled from school?
3) Name two individuals he studied.
4) Which writer influenced him the most?
5) Summarize his ideas.
6) What disastrous event happened? How did Lenin respond to this event?
7) When or where did Marx say the revolution would happen?
8) How did Lenin respond?
early-life

18. Analysis: Importance of Events Line of Revolutions
Objective: to understand the events that came before and during the Russian Revolutions
Procedures:
Read the provided information “Important Events for the Revolutions of Russia”
Complete the attached timeline
Time Allotted: 10 minutes

19. Questions What is total war? How was propaganda used during WWI?
What was the treaty that ended the war between Germany and Russia?
On what day did WWI end?
How many people died in WWI?
What was the total cost of WWI?